page_title: USS Blower
hierarchical_section_title: USS Blower
caption_attribution_description: USS_Blower; http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08325.htm Blower (SS-325), portside view underway, circa 1944-50, place unknown. US Navy photo.
context_page_description: USS Blower, a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy that was later transferred to the Turkish Naval Forces in 1950 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, where she was recommissioned as the second TCG Dumlupınar. She sank after an accident off the coast of Turkey following a joint NATO training exercise on April 4, 1953.
context_section_description: USS Blower (SS-325), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy that was later transferred to the Turkish Naval Forces in 1950 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, where she was recommissioned as the second TCG Dumlupınar. She sank after an accident off the coast of Turkey following a joint NATO training exercise on April 4, 1953.
caption: Blower underway c. 1944
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